Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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Truth allows no choice.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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